Stone Arch Bridge

We took a short walk today over the Stone Arch Bridge. It would have been even better if the person was wearing a Santa Hat. 

The temperature is in the 50s today, so this isn’t totally ridiculous.

Snow, January 4th

Given the winter that is wrapping up, it’s especially important to note what date the snow occurred, since over 80 inches have fallen this winter. 

This was a magical snow, that was preceded by sleet and a big change in temperature.  I don’t recall the specifics, but it caused a snow that both coated and piled up in a way I don’t see very often.

If this happened on a weekend, I think I would have been out more of the morning taking pictures.  Instead, I snapped a few pictures with the phone, helped push a neighbor out, made a pot of tea and worked from home. 

March Precipitation

The pine tree had these beautiful tiny little drops at the end of its needles after it rained, sleeted, and snowed over night. 

This morning, there was a cat in a bag.

Yesterday, we went to the Minnesota Marine Museum in Winona, so we also stopped by the bank so I could get a long-needed fix of Louis Sullivan architecture. 

Bridal Veil Falls Mississippi River

 Yesterday, we went for a walk from campus past the Franklin Avenue bridge on the east bank of the river.  We stopped and saw an ice climber at Bridal Veil Falls.

We also saw a flock of winter robins.  It was too hard to get more than one bird in a picture. 

Art Shanty Project 2022

Today was my first time to go to the Art Shanty Project.  M and I ventured out today.  It was cold, but not as cold as it's been the last few days.  

In the Tick-Tock Shanty, this guy leaned to down, so that his face was framed nicely for my pic.  I gave him a big thumbs up when I was done.  This is probably my favorite pic because of that.  

I didn't take a lot of pictures and it was hard to see what I had taken until I got home.